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. 2021 Apr 30;20:93. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01285-8

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes treated with an SGLT2i stratified by baseline BMI

Normal BMI < 23 (n = 1,203) Overweight BMI 23.0–24.9 (n = 1,518) Obese I BMI 25.0–27.4 (n = 2,465) Obese II BMI 27.5–29.9 (n = 2,026) Obese III BMI 30.0 (n = 3,025) P value (ANOVA)
Clinical characteristics
 Diabetes duration (year) 8.5 ± 3.6 8.4 ± 3.7 8.5 ± 3.5 8.3 ± 3.6 7.6 ± 3.7  < 0.001
 Age (year) 62.0 ± 10.7 61.1 ± 10.7 60.0 ± 10.7 58.9 ± 10.9 54.6 ± 12.1  < 0.001
 Female 601 (50) 643 (42) 1042 (42) 768 (38) 1290 (43)  < 0.001
 Ischemic heart etiology 89 (7) 123 (8) 215 (9) 194 (10) 194 (6) 0.001
 Hypertension 630 (52) 878 (58) 1634 (66) 1437 (71) 2264 (75)  < 0.001
 Dyslipidemia 799 (66) 1125 (74) 1883 (76) 1536 (77) 2318 (77)  < 0.001
 Cerebral vascular accidents 53 (4) 75 (5) 111 (5) 90 (4) 110 (4) 0.273
 Congestive heart failure 47 (4) 42 (3) 78 (3) 66 (3) 98 (3) 0.585
 Chronic lung disease 26 (2) 29 (2) 42 (2) 36 (2) 89 (3) 0.011
 Chronic liver disease 308 (26) 353 (23) 680 (28) 588 (29) 912 (30)  < 0.001
 Chronic kidney disease 208 (17) 248 (16) 415 (17) 338 (17) 543 (18) 0.633
 Peripheral artery disease 13 (1) 15 (1) 22 (1) 18 (1) 21 (1) 0.741
 Gout 70 (6) 115 (8) 227 (9) 241 (12) 386 (13)  < 0.001
 Malignancy 111 (9) 155 (10) 203 (8) 125 (6) 213 (7)  < 0.001
Vital sign
 Height (cm) 160.6 ± 12.2 161.8 ± 11.8 161.8 ± 10.9 162.6 ± 11.8 162.1 ± 14.2  < 0.001
 Body weight (KG) 56.6 ± 7.4 63.8 ± 6.8 69.2 ± 7.6 76.5 ± 8.4 89.3 ± 14.3  < 0.001
 BMI 21.4 ± 1.4 24.1 ± 0.6 26.2 ± 0.7 28.6 ± 0.7 33.6 ± 3.8  < 0.001
 SBP (mmHg) 133.4 ± 20.8 136.5 ± 18.9 138.2 ± 20.0 140.2 ± 18.5 142.0 ± 19.2  < 0.001
 DBP (mmHg) 73.7 ± 10.9 76.1 ± 11.1 77.2 ± 11.1 78.8 ± 11.4 80.8 ± 11.4  < 0.001
 HR (bpm) 85.0 ± 13.5 84.0 ± 13.3 84.0 ± 13.3 84.4 ± 13.1 85.8 ± 13.7  < 0.001
Baseline laboratory data
 HbA1c (%) 9.1 ± 1.8 8.8 ± 1.6 8.8 ± 1.6 8.8 ± 1.6 8.7 ± 1.6  < 0.001
 eGFR (ml/min/m2) 97.1 ± 33.9 93.6 ± 29.1 93.0 ± 30.3 91.7 ± 28.2 96.1 ± 29.4  < 0.001
 ALT (U/L) 28.3 ± 27.3 29.4 ± 31.3 33.3 ± 64.0 35.0 ± 33.6 40.8 ± 32.3  < 0.001
 Triglycerides (mg/dL) 137.6 ± 135.0 157.9 ± 141.0 180.6 ± 230.6 199.7 ± 323.8 198.1 ± 187.9  < 0.001
 LDL (mg/dL) 94.9 ± 30.8 93.3 ± 29.9 92.2 ± 30.5 93.7 ± 31.2 94.4 ± 29.2 0.050
 HDL (mg/d) 48.3 ± 14.1 45.1 ± 11.1 43.7 ± 10.9 42.9 ± 10.4 42.4 ± 10.3  < 0.001
Baseline medications
 Anti-platelet agent 336 (28) 494 (33) 814 (33) 689 (34) 958 (32) 0.006
 Statin 653 (54) 928 (61) 1566 (64) 1298 (64) 1880 (62)  < 0.001
 Non-dihydropyridine CCB 52 (4) 67 (4) 106 (4) 131 (6) 180 (6) 0.001
 Dihydropyridine CCB 135 (11) 210 (14) 387 (16) 330 (16) 554 (18)  < 0.001
 Beta-blocker 278 (23) 421 (28) 747 (30) 708 (35) 1082 (36)  < 0.001
 ACEI or ARB or ARNI 527 (44) 777 (51) 1440 (58) 1288 (64) 2081 (69)  < 0.001
 MRA 30 (2) 20 (1) 64 (3) 57 (3) 95 (3) 0.008
 Loop diuretics 72 (6) 76 (5) 156 (6) 120 (6) 237 (8) 0.003
 Thiazides 4 (0) 7 (0) 13 (1) 8 (0) 33 (1) 0.005
 Nitrate 61 (5) 68 (4) 150 (6) 141 (7) 178 (6) 0.023
 Digoxin 14 (1) 10 (1) 21 (1) 13 (1) 21 (1) 0.469
Anti-diabetic agent
 SU 833 (69) 1070 (70) 1698 (69) 1340 (66) 1968 (65) 0.001
 Metformin 1061 (88) 1357 (89) 2253 (91) 1850 (91) 2762 (91) 0.004
 Glinide 61 (5) 39 (3) 85 (3) 61 (3) 82 (3) 0.001
 DPP4i 655 (54) 772 (51) 1229 (50) 981 (48) 1356 (45)  < 0.001
 Glitazone 263 (22) 351 (23) 594 (24) 564 (28) 803 (27)  < 0.001
 Acarbose 297 (25) 329 (22) 518 (21) 406 (20) 565 (19)  < 0.001
 Insulin 262 (22) 258 (17) 415 (17) 345 (17) 478 (16)  < 0.001
 GLP1 agonist 3 (0) 8 (1) 14 (1) 10 (0) 45 (1)  < 0.001

ACEI: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; ARNI: angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor; BMI: body mass index; CCB: calcium channel blocker; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DPP4i: dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; GLP1: glucagon-like peptide 1; HBA1c: hemoglobin A1c; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; HR: heart rate; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; MRA: mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist; SBP: systolic blood pressure; SGLT2i: sodium–glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor; SU: sulfonylurea

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%)